Cordelia is a feminine given name. It was borne by the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's King Lear (1606), a character based on the legendary queen Cordelia. The name is of uncertain origin. It is popularly associated with Latin cor (genitive cordis) "heart", and has also been linked with the Welsh name Creiddylad, allegedly meaning "jewel of the sea", but it may derive from the French coeur de lion "heart of a lion". Notable people with the name Cordelia of Britain, legendary queen of the Britons, youngest daughter of King Leir Cordelia Bugeja, British actress Cordelia Cameron, Australian actor-manager Cordelia Throop Cole (1833–1900), American social reformer Cordelia Fine, British academic psychologist and writer Cordelia Agnes Greene (1831–1905), physician, philanthropist and suffragist from Upstate New York Cordelia Harvey, First Lady of Wisconsin Governor Louis Harvey, known for founding Civil War Orphans' homes and advocating for war field hospital conditions Cordelia Hawkins, eponym of the U.S. town of Cordele, Georgia Cordelia James, Baroness James of Rusholme, British educator and justice of the peace Cordelia Knott, wife of Walter Knott and founder of Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant at Knott's Berry Farm Cordelia Scaife May, American heiress and philanthropist Cordelia Urueta Sierra (1908–1995), Mexican artist Cordelia Mendoza, American antiquarian and appraiser Cordelia Strube, Canadian playwright and novelist Cordelia Wilson, American painter of New Mexico and American Southwest landscapes Fictional characters A supposed anglicization of Creiddylad, the name of a character in Welsh mythology Cordelia (King Lear), a central character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear Cordelia, the main character of the eponymous Dutch adult comic strip by Belgian cartoonist "ILAH" (Inge Heremans) Cordelia, character in James Lapine and William Finn's 1990 off-Broadway musical Falsettoland and later its two Broadway revivals, renamed Falsettos Cordelia Frost, character in MARVEL's "Emma Frost" comics, Emma's sister Cordelia Chase, character in Joss Whedon's television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel Cordelia, wife of Dan Mulligan in a series of musicals written and produced by Edward Harrigan.

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Cordelia is a feminine given name. It was borne by the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's King Lear (1606), a character based on the legendary queen Cordelia. The name is of uncertain origin. It is popularly associated with Latin cor (genitive cordis) "heart", and has also been linked with the Welsh name Creiddylad, allegedly meaning "jewel of the sea", but it may derive from the French coeur de lion "heart of a lion".

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Cordelia is a feminine given name. It was borne by the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's King Lear (1606), a character based on the legendary queen Cordelia. The name is of uncertain origin. It is popularly associated with Latin cor (genitive cordis) "heart", and has also been linked with the Welsh name Creiddylad, allegedly meaning "jewel of the sea", but it may derive from the French coeur de lion "heart of a lion". Notable people with the name Cordelia of Britain, legendary queen of the Britons, youngest daughter of King Leir Cordelia Bugeja, British actress Cordelia Cameron, Australian actor-manager Cordelia Throop Cole (1833–1900), American social reformer Cordelia Fine, British academic psychologist and writer Cordelia Agnes Greene (1831–1905), physician, philanthropist and suffragist from Upstate New York Cordelia Harvey, First Lady of Wisconsin Governor Louis Harvey, known for founding Civil War Orphans' homes and advocating for war field hospital conditions Cordelia Hawkins, eponym of the U.S. town of Cordele, Georgia Cordelia James, Baroness James of Rusholme, British educator and justice of the peace Cordelia Knott, wife of Walter Knott and founder of Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant at Knott's Berry Farm Cordelia Scaife May, American heiress and philanthropist Cordelia Urueta Sierra (1908–1995), Mexican artist Cordelia Mendoza, American antiquarian and appraiser Cordelia Strube, Canadian playwright and novelist Cordelia Wilson, American painter of New Mexico and American Southwest landscapes Fictional characters A supposed anglicization of Creiddylad, the name of a character in Welsh mythology Cordelia (King Lear), a central character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear Cordelia, the main character of the eponymous Dutch adult comic strip by Belgian cartoonist "ILAH" (Inge Heremans) Cordelia, character in James Lapine and William Finn's 1990 off-Broadway musical Falsettoland and later its two Broadway revivals, renamed Falsettos Cordelia Frost, character in MARVEL's "Emma Frost" comics, Emma's sister Cordelia Chase, character in Joss Whedon's television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel Cordelia, wife of Dan Mulligan in a series of musicals written and produced by Edward Harrigan.

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